March 5, 2026
(Longreads) – Is AI helping prospective parents game the fertility lottery? Should it? The technology is undeniably enticing: to prospective parents struggling to conceive, overworked OB-GYNs, and embryologists who can only do so much by hand. Progressing at a breakneck … Read More
March 5, 2026
(KTLA) – Twenty-three anguished couples are filing a lawsuit against an Orange County IVF clinic and its doctor for reportedly transporting their embryos to an unknown location without their consent. A news conference was held Tuesday morning with details on … Read More
March 4, 2026
(Times of India) – A routine IVF journey turned into a legal and emotional crisis for a Florida couple who say the baby they carried and welcomed into the world is not biologically theirs, and now, they are trying to … Read More
February 26, 2026
(New York Times) – As China grapples with a shrinking population and historically low birthrate, people are finding romance with chatbots instead. China’s ruling Communist Party wants young women to prioritize getting married and having babies. Instead, many of them … Read More
February 26, 2026
(NBC News) – Amid a rise in home births, mistrust between midwives and hospitals can put mothers and babies at risk. A growing number of women in the U.S. are opting to give birth at home: More than 50,000 had … Read More
February 25, 2026
(Washington Post via MSN) – Obstetrician Jeanne Conry has long paid attention to the “1,300-day window”— the months before conception through a child’s second birthday. Studies show nutrition and lifestyle during this period can shape pregnancy outcomes and the long-term … Read More
February 25, 2026
(CNET) – If you have an Oura Ring and women’s health-related questions, this new AI model is available for your feedback. If you currently have an Oura Ring on your finger, then you’re likely familiar with Oura Advisor, the company’s … Read More
February 24, 2026
(BBC) – A baby boy has become the first child in the UK to be born using a womb transplanted from a dead donor. Grace Bell, who is in her 30s and was born without a viable womb, says her … Read More
February 20, 2026
(NJ.com via Yahoo!) – Blonski didn’t know the contraception she’d taken for two decades may be linked to her health problems. She was unaware of the connection until very recently, following publicity around a March 2024 study in The British … Read More
February 17, 2026
(ABC13) – Aymeric and Naiah Monello-Fuentes contracted with Miracle Surrogacy only to discover the baby they’re raising isn’t who they expected. Aymeric and Naiah Monello-Fuentes spent just under $81,000 with Miracle Surrogacy, a Florida-based agency operating in Mexico, to have … Read More
February 16, 2026
(The Guardian) – Judge says people should not lose chance of parenthood ‘by the ticking of a clock’ after 10-year deadline missed Lawyers for 15 groups affected by the errors – some of them former cancer patients – asked the … Read More
February 13, 2026
(AP) – Puerto Rico’s governor on Thursday signed a bill that amends a law to recognize a fetus as a human being, a move doctors and legal experts warn will have deep ramifications for the U.S. Caribbean territory. The amendment … Read More
February 12, 2026
(Independent) – France plans to send a letter to all 29-year-olds in the country encouraging them to have babies before it is “too late”. Hundreds of thousands of young people will receive the letter, which aims to provide “targeted, balanced … Read More
February 12, 2026
(New York Times) – A study reported that the conventional method of searching follicular fluid didn’t find all the eggs. The new technology found extra eggs more than half the time. Using the conventional method, embryologists use high-powered microscopes to … Read More
February 9, 2026
(The New Yorker) – A wealthy couple obtained dozens of children through surrogates. Did they want a family, or something else? When Elliott asked about the baby’s name, Silvia shared that it was Hays, and, when Elliott asked for a … Read More
February 6, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – At least eight babies have been born to patients who underwent the procedure. This week I want to tell you about an experimental surgical procedure that’s helping people have babies. Specifically, it’s helping people who have … Read More
February 5, 2026
(The Guardian) – A physician based in California has become the first medical provider sued under a recently enacted Texas statute that empowers private individuals to file civil lawsuits against providers who mail abortion medication into the state. The case … Read More
February 5, 2026
(Wired) – The cultural obsession with wellness and optimization, which is currently driven and designed by male biohackers like Bryan Johnson and Peter Attia, has come for this murky preconception period, coined “the zero trimester” by sociologist Miranda Waggoner in … Read More
February 4, 2026
(Nature) – Hindering studies involving fetal tissue will impede the development of the alternatives intended to replace it, while slowing the search for new medicines. “This decision is about advancing science by investing in breakthrough technologies more capable of modeling … Read More
February 3, 2026
(New York Times) – In a legal first, a jury in New York awarded $2 million to a patient who said that doctors had deviated from accepted medical standards. In the first malpractice verdict against providers of gender-affirming care for … Read More
January 30, 2026
(CNN) – The Trump administration on Tuesday asked a federal court to pause a Louisiana lawsuit seeking to end access to abortion pills by mail. The new filing from the US Food and Drug Administration said the court should put … Read More
January 29, 2026
(NPR) – Women selling their eggs illegally is an open secret in the Indian fertility industry. Even though the for-profit industry relies on their biomaterial to keep operating, NPR found that the women whose eggs are harvested are usually poor … Read More
January 29, 2026
(New York Times) – The case is the latest action taken by a state with an abortion ban against providers in states that support abortion rights. The attorney general of Texas, Ken Paxton, has filed a lawsuit against a Delaware … Read More
January 23, 2026
(Plough) – Our son Yusang has Down syndrome. He saved another child’s life. My wife and I had just learned that a couple from our church were wrestling with grief and confusion, so that cold Sunday evening, I set out … Read More
January 22, 2026
(New York Times) – He Jiankui spent three years in prison after creating gene-edited babies. Now back at work, he sees a greater opening for researchers who push boundaries. For creating the world’s first genetically edited babies, He Jiankui has … Read More
